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March 2, 2019

Seven Links 3/2/19 Traci Kenworth

Seven Links 3 2 19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://megdowell.com/2019/02/23/12-things-to-do-if-you-absolutely-hate-what-you-just-wrote/ “Do not fear! You’re just getting started.” 2. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/02/bonding-character-and-reader.html “What is the most important thing your novel must accomplish with the opening pages?” 3. https://thelotusandpen.com/2019/02/24/all-new-lovingkindness-for-writers/ “The writer’s life can often be full of what my friend calls “haterade”: we have self-hatred (how many of you…

blogs, Indie, MG & YA, Short stories, traditional, writers, Writing and Poetry
February 23, 2019

Seven Links 2/23/19 Traci Kenworth

Seven links…2/23/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. http://megdowell.com/2019/02/16/12-reasons-youre-not-getting-any-better-at-this-whole-writing-thing/ “What does “better” even mean, anyway?” 2. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/02/the-last-fifty-pages-make-or-break-your-novel.html “We’ve all been through it. We get caught up in a book or movie, we’re cruising along, liking everything about the story and then … the ending stinks.” He’s got a good point. Sometimes an ending just ruins everything that…

blogs, Historicals, horror, Indie, MG & YA, SF, Short stories, traditional, writers, Writing and Poetry
February 16, 2019

Seven Links 2/16/19 Traci Kenworth

Seven Links…2/16/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://megdowell.com/2019/02/09/12-ways-to-know-your-writing-is-terrible-and-you-should-stop-right-now/ “None of these things are true, of course. It doesn’t matter how you’ve been graded or critiqued in the past. It doesn’t matter how many other people are doing it or if they seem better at this whole writing thing than you. If you don’t think you’re great…

horror, Indie, MG & YA, SF, Short stories, traditional, writers, Writing and Poetry
January 11, 2019

Book Talk 1/11/19: Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

Book Talk 1/11/19: Laini Taylor’s Days of Blood & Starlight Traci Kenworth Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor 2012 Little Brown & Co. Amazon Blurb: In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed paranormal fantasy–Daughter of Smoke & Bone–Karou must decide how far she’ll go to avenge her people. Art student and monster’s…

fantasy, horror, MG & YA, traditional
January 7, 2019

Writerly Things 1/7/19: Book List from 2018

Writerly Things 1/7/19: Books I’ve read in 2018 The following is a list of books I read in 2018, I’ve reviewed the majority on my website. I reached forty-five books this year! I was trying for fifty but fell short. Maybe next year! Traci Kenworth Books I’ve read in 2018: Guardian of Secrets: Library Jumpers…

Indie, Reading, traditional, Uncategorized
January 4, 2019

Book Talk 1/4/19: Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghosts

Book Talk 1/4/19: Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghosts Traci Kenworth Book of Ghosts by Roald Dahl Farrar Strauss Giroux 1983 Amazon’s Blurb: Who better to investigate the literary spirit world than that supreme connoisseur of the unexpected, Roald Dahl? Of the many permutations of the macabre or bizarre, Dahl was always especially fascinated by the…

horror, Short stories, traditional
December 28, 2018

Book Talk…12/28/18 The Witch of the Hills Author Unknown

Book Talk…12/28/18 The Witch of the Hills Author Unknown Traci Kenworth The Witch of the Hills by J.M. Fraser. March 18, 2018. My copy on Netgalley said the author was unknown but on Amazon, it says J. M. Fraser. Amazon blurb: Ancient prophecy compels a young Salem witch to travel forward through the…

MG & YA, Paranormal, Reading, traditional
December 21, 2018

Book Talk…12/21/18 Leigh Bardugo’s Ruin & Rising

Book Talk…12/21/18: Leigh Bardugo’s Ruin & Rising Traci Kenworth Ruin & Rising by Leigh Bardugo. 2014. Henry Holt & Co. Amazon’s Blurb: Enter the Grishaverse with Book Three of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. The nation’s fate rests with a broken Sun…

fantasy, MG & YA, Reading, traditional
December 14, 2018

Book Talk…12/14/18: Roshani Chokshi’s The Gilded Wolves

Book Talk 12/14/18: Roshani Chokshi’s The Gilded Wolves Traci Kenworth The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi. MacMillan. Jan. 15th, 2019. Netgalley. Amazon’s blurb: From New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi comes a novel set in Paris during a time of extraordinary change–one that is full of mystery, decadence, and dangerous desires… No one believes…

blackmail, Mysteries/Thrillers/Suspense, Reading, traditional
December 7, 2018

Book Talk…12/7/18 An Addition to What I’m Reading

Book Talk…12/7/18 Another Addition to the Reading Pile Traci Kenworth Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar. Won this is a giveaway at Serial Box and it’s autographed by Mr. Chizmar!

horror, Reading, traditional

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